1.6 million affected by Bhotekoshi floods, says government report
Government’s first situation report puts the death toll at 1,050, with nearly 4,000 missing and more than 21,000 security personnel involved in a vast rescue op…
Government’s first situation report puts the death toll at 1,050, with nearly 4,000 missing and more than 21,000 security personnel involved in a vast rescue op…
An estimated 157,050 women and girls in Rasuwa and Nuwakot have been directly or indirectly affected, with food, safe water and protection emerging as urgent co…
Requests climate funds for recovery, along with tunnel rescue teams, forensic expertise and critical equipment.…
Bharatpur Hospital struggled to manage 321 bodies recovered in Chitwan before 199 were buried over two days, easing pressure on its morgue and allowing regular …
Six-party committees have been formed in Rasuwa and Nuwakot to coordinate relief distribution as the government faces criticism over its initial reliance on sec…
Tehran has repeatedly said it will allow free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for global oil supplies, only if Washington implements…
The incident indicates that the risks Nepal face in the Himalayan region are increasing alongside climate change.…
Rescue teams have located tunnel entrances and advanced hundreds of metres into several hydropower projects along the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli corridor as the search…
From a Rasuwa holding centre, survivors recount desperate escapes, relatives swept away and the loss of homes, villages and entire families in the Bhotekoshi di…
The latest toll comes as search teams recover bodies from Rasuwa and downstream districts, while hundreds of workers at hydropower projects remain unaccounted f…
Government asks global loss-and-damage fund for immediate support, saying the scale of destruction exceeds the country’s capacity to respond.…
Traders, drivers and customs workers remain unaccounted for six days after the flood swept through the Rasuwa border area, while officials struggle to determine…
As specialised multi-national rescue teams battle shifting topographies to reach buried hydropower tunnels, Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal explains why Nepal is…
A frantic warning from a school accountant, relayed by relatives in flood-hit Rasuwa, gave teachers just minutes to evacuate Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School…
Hundreds of hydropower workers and staff remain missing across projects in Rasuwa and Nuwakot after the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood.…
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Blocked roads and rising traffic force authorities to split routes for vehicles travelling between Hetauda and Kathmandu, with journey times on the shorter alte…
Renewed missile strikes between the US and Iran threaten to unravel a month-long shift towards economic pressure, though both sides say they do not seek a retur…
Retail prices have climbed to Rs110-140 per kilo. Nepal gets almost all its onions from India.…
A week into the country’s deadliest disaster in a decade, mental health teams are only beginning to reach survivors and the deeper trauma may still be ahead.…
14-year-old Akash Tamang says he survived the floods, but his younger brother and sister are missing. 17,000 children have been directly affected by floods in B…
Until road connectivity is restored, the state cannot effectively reach the people it is striving to save.…
Under international law, a state does not automatically become responsible just because something goes wrong within its national jurisdiction.…
Nepal, India and China share a mountain ecosystem and face increasing effects of climate change.…